Collection inventory

Nathaniel Booth Diary

An inventory of
his item
at Syracuse University

Finding aid created by: LDC
Date: 10 Sep 2008

Revision history:

Overview of the Collection

Creator:

Booth, Nathaniel, fl. 1865.

Title:

Nathaniel Booth Diary

Dates:

1865

Quantity:

1 volume

Abstract:

The Booths, husband and wife, traveled from Rhinebeck, New York, as far west as Toronto
and Hamilton, Canada, noting encounters with a storm while crossing Lake Ontario,
native peoples, and customs officials, and seeing Niagara Falls. Also, a Halls Bridge
vicinity map, and drawings of scenic and historic areas along the route. Volume is
50 p. and includes folded map, 17 pencil drawings. Also includes scanned photographs
of members of the Booth family.

Biographical History

Nathaniel Booth was born in Manchester, England in 1819 to Elizabeth Smith Booth and
John Booth. Nathaniel had two brothers, James Astley Booth and Thomas Booth. Around
1825, the Booth Family emigrated from England to the United States. Nathaniel married
Dorcas A. Shaffer, sister of Catherine Elizabeth Shaffer who married James Astley
Booth in 1850.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The
Nathaniel Booth Collection contains a travel Diary of the Booths, husband and wife, who traveled from Rhinebeck, New York, as far west
as Toronto and Hamilton, Canada. The 50-page diary notes encounters with a storm
while crossing Lake Ontario, native peoples, and customs officials, and seeing Niagara
Falls. Also included are a Halls Bridge vicinity map, and 17 pencil drawings of scenic
and historic areas along the route.

Also in the collection are several Scanned photographs of various members of the Booth family, including his wife, parents, and brother.

Arrangement of the Collection

The scanned photographs in the collection are arranged alphabetically by the subject's
name.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions:
The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require
advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance
concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.

Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and
all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from
any
materials in this collection.